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Category: Grad School Confidential

  • An Interview with Elisabeth Buck
    January 26, 2016 by

    Elisabeth Buck is a Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition. She was selected to receive the Doctoral Level Excellence in Teaching Award for 2015-2016 from Ball State. She has also been nominated for the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching award. What classes have you taught? I’ve taught several […]

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  • Kelsey Englert
    December 9, 2015 by

    In 2014, Kelsey earned her M.A. in English with a creative writing focus from Ball State University. She is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing at West Virginia University. Two graduate degrees in creative writing. Redundant, right? The MFA is the terminal degree in the field, and will allow me to teach as a […]

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  • Robert Young
    November 24, 2015 by

    So far there has been a marked difference between my career as an undergraduate in Ball State’s English department and the beginnings of my graduate work. With more reading to do, as well as a whole new approach to learning, graduate school expects more of me, though I knew this would be true. I knew […]

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  • Jared Lynch
    November 10, 2015 by

    At my core I’ll always be a creative writer first. In the future I plan to get an MFA in creative writing, and ultimately my goal is to teach creative writing at a collegiate level. I had a wonderful and inspirational experience in the English Department, and I learned a plethora of transferable communication skills […]

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  • Morgan Aprill
    September 29, 2015 by

    Grad School Confidential is a new series featuring students who have made the transition from undergraduate to graduate school. Morgan Aprill, who studied literature as an undergrad, is now a graduate student in the Intensive English Institute here at Ball State University.  When I first graduated in May of this year, I didn’t think I’d […]

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  • Graduate School + You
    September 3, 2014 by

    Ball State’s Graduate School + You webinar will be held on September 10, 2014, at 12 p.m. or 4 p.m. EST. To register for the online information session, follow this link. Graduate School + You will help you explore if graduate school is right for your future. The free online informational session will: Let you […]

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